Shabtai Zvi and the Museum Test

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Can a failed messiah still shape history?

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Can a failed messiah still shape history?

Does his story belong in a Jerusalem museum?

Should Shabtai Zvi be remembered as a historical warning?

Should exhibitions explain why people believed him?

Would you have followed him in 1665?

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Shabtai Zvi and the Museum Test

A new Jerusalem exhibition marks 400 years since the birth of Shabtai Zvi, the 17th-century figure who convinced a huge portion of the Jewish world he was the Messiah - before converting to Islam under Ottoman pressure. History's most consequential case of religious hype.

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